Presentations

Video Presentations from ARAS 2021 Virtual Meeting
SCORE Updates 2021
Presenters: Amit Joshi, M.D. and Mark Hickey

American Board of Surgery Updates
Presenter: Barbara Jalbert-Gerkins

ACGME Surgery RRC Update (presentation only)
Presenter: Chris Fox, Ph.D., RRC Director

SIMPL Gamification of Thrones
Presenter: Brianne Leigh Nickel, MA, C-TAGME

ARAS Pearls of Wisdom: What Lane Are You In?
Presenter: Juanita Braxton, Ph.D., MS.Ed

Lean Methods in the Administration of Surgery Education Programs
Presenter: Kate Kmiec, MHA, C-TAGME

Program Handouts: There's An App for That
Presenter: Kristen Dudley and Healther Trainum

TAGME Updates
Presenter: Linda Shaffer, C-TAGME

ECFMG Updates
Presenter: Tracy Wallowicz, Assistant Vice President of US Graduate Medical Education Services

Duty Hour Citations: Moving from Denial to Acceptance
Presenters: Matthew Goldblatt, M.D., and Lisa Olson

Kale Sucks. Wellness Initiatives Don't Have To.
Presenter: Sara Brown, C-TAGME

Fostering the Relationship Between the GME Office and the Residency Administrator
Presenters: SuAnn White and Sarah Kidd-Romero, C-TAGME

Finding Equanimity in Medicine (presentation only)
Presenter: ARAS 2021 Keynote Speaker, Cassie Ferguson, M.D.

Presentations from Chicago 2019
*presentations will be updated as they are received*

ARAS Presentations, Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
ARAS Keynote Address
Kimberly Schenarts Ph.D.

Continuity in the Admin Office: Succession Planning in one Surgery Training Program
Bethany Brown, MHA, C-TAGME, Sandi Pettit, Marc Horton, M.D., and Ryan Martinez, M.D.
Swedish Medical Center Education Leadership Team
Professional Development Session #1

Breakout Session 1:

IMGs in Training: Responsibilities, Challenges, & Strategies for the Program Administrator
Eleanor Fitzpatrick, Director of House Medicine Initiative at ECFMG
ACS ERRA Exam - Identifying Intern Knowledge Gaps;
Betsy Huffman, MD and Brianne Leigh Nickel, MA, C-TAGME, Indiana University

Breakout Session 2:

Best Practices in the University Residency Program
Claire Travis, C-TAGME, University of Colorado
Best Practices the Community Residency Program
Donna Heyduk, C-TAGME, Lankenau Medical Center & Jessica Roof, BA, Carolinas Medical Center

Self Study Strategic Planning from a Departmental Administrative Viewpoint
Holly Shilstone, BS, Baylor College of Medicine
Professional Development Session #2

Collecting & Tracking Required Data
David Fehling, MA, Weill Cornell Medicine

American Board of Surgery Update
Barbara Jalbert-Gerkins, Examination Coordinator

ARAS Presentations, Wednesday, April 24th 2019
TAGME Update
Linda Shaffer, C-TAGME, West Virginia University

SCORE Update
Mark Hickey, MA, COO, SCORE

Emergency Preparedness Panel [Slide Deck 1, Slide Deck 2, Slide Deck 3]
William Havron III, M.D., Program Director at Orlando Regional Medical Center
Rich Nagle, Program Administrator at Cleveland Clinic (FL)
Jennifer Bayonsa, M.D. Program Director at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

ACGME Program Coordinator Advisory Board
Juanita Braxton, Ph.D. University of California-Davis Medical Center

Navigating the FIT Application Process [supplemental download]
Allison Jones, BS, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Incidence and Characterization of Bullying in Medicine [Poster]
Hemali Shah, BS, C-TAGME, University of Illinois at Chicago

ACGME Common Program Requirements from the Perspective of Residency Administrators
ARAS AdHoc Committee

ACGME RRC Update
Donna Lamb, D.HSC, MBA, BSN, Executive Director for Surgery RRC

ARAS Presentations, Thursday, April 25th 2019
Best Practices We Learn from Each Other
Cindy Rudolph, BS, MS, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Eileen Kleffner, University of Texas-San Antonio

Presentations for Austin 2018
ARAS Presentations, Thursday, May 3, 2018
ARAS Keynote Address-Learn Something New Everyday! - Alice Gordan, C-TAGME
ACGME PC Advisory Group Update-Juanita Braxton, PhD
Program Administration from a Manager's Perspective - Juanita Braxton, PhD
Professional Development-Research and Poster Presentations

ACS Fundamentals of Surgery Update-James Hebert, MD, FACS
TAGME Update-Linda Shaffer, C-TAGME
The Global Surgery Experience in General Surgery Training: Rationale and Implementation-D. Smith, MD

ARAS Presentations, Friday, May 4, 2018
Recruiting: Best Practices-J. Simons, M.D. & D. Dickinson
ERAS- Patrick Fritz
SCORE Update-M. Hickey
Professional Development: Social Media-John D. Scott, MD
Professional Development: Developing Personal Leadership-S. Burnham
Initiating a New Resident Wellness Curriculum-B. Nickel, MA, C-TAGME
ACGME Update/Self-Study and 10 Year Accreditation Site Visit-Donna Lamb

ARAS Presentations, Saturday, May 5, 2018
ECFMG-Eleanor Fitzpatrick
Resident Program Ownership-Sabrina Goddard, MD & Eileen Kleffner
American Board of Surgery Update-Barbara Jalbert-Gerkins

Presentations from San Diego 2017
ARAS Presentations, Tuesday, April 18, 2017
American Board of Surgery Update-Barbara Jalbert-Gerkens
Score Update for ARCS-Mark Hickey
Resident Recruitment-Best Practices- J. Braxton, S. DelCoglin, D. Guinto, G. Lynch, J. Olenwine
New Innovations Workshop-Lauren Hook
FES Certification-Kim Agretto
FES Certification Everything you want to know-C. Bryant, J. Mischna

ARAS Presentations, Wednesday, April 19, 2017
TAGME Update-L. Shaffer
QuickNote Modification of New Innovations-L. Chambers & L. Badurina
Resident Morale-A. Landmann, S. White, J. Lees, & A. Patel
I am Program Coordinator, Hear Me Roar - J. Roof & D. Norton
Resident Remediation-V.Pamatmat
ACGME Update-Donna Lamb

ARAS Presentations, Thursday, April 20, 2017
Resident Wellness and Wellbeing-A. Bailey
360 Documentation of Adverse Action-R. Peavy
Evaluation Compliance-M. Benge

Presentations from Boston 2016
New Coordinator Workshop,Wednesday, April 13, 2016

ARAS Presentations, Thursday, April 14, 2016
ACGME Next Accreditation System (NAS) Site Visit - Guinto & Hook
Evaluations, Forms, and Surveys, Oh My! - Roof & DeBolt
Navigating Simulation Skills Mandates and the Fundamentals of Endoscopy Curriculum - Scott
Are you Managing Your Time? Or Is Your Time Managing You? - Olson

ARAS Presentations, Friday, April 15, 2016
Team-Based Education in Surgical Residency "A New Paradigm" - McGinty
A Year in the Life of a Coordinator Without Residents - Brown
ACGME - RRC Update - Lamb
How Program Administrators Can Use ACS FSC to Guide Resident Development - Hermes
Changing Culture: See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil - Darden & White
Accurately and Efficiently Reviewing Resident Milestones - Mead, Bybee, Vargo & Peche

ARAS Presentations, Saturday, April 16, 2016
Your Resume: Communicating Professional Competence - Burnham & Tarpley
ABS Update - Jalbert Gerkens

Presentations from Seattle 2015
ARAS Presentations, Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Leading Through Change: The Coordinators Role - Jones
The Program's Grade Book: Back to Basics - Sheick, Molkara & Tabuenca
How to Excel with Excel - Roof & DeBolt
Generational Methodology Differences - Kidd-Romero, Newcomb, Sturdivant
Using Operative Log Reports to Manage Your Residency - Olenwine
New Innovations Practical Demonstration - Cooney
E*Value Practical Demonstration - Shaffer

ARAS Presentations, Wednesday, April 22, 2015
TAGME Update - Olenwine
SCORE Update - Hickey
Chattanooga Surgery - Adversity and Change - Schultz Rudolf
ERAS - Nelson & Sujlana
What I've Learned and What I Wish I Knew - Kleffner & Hildebrand
ACGME Update - Potts, Takanishi & Lamb

ARAS Presentation, Thursday, April 23, 2015
Cultural Diversity - Tarpley
The Benefit of A Global Surgery Rotation in A General Surgery Residency Program - Smith, Grant & Norton
American Board of Surgery Update - Jalbert-Gerkens

ARAS Presentations, Tuesday, April 8, 2014
     Surgery RRC, ACGME & Case Logs - Hebert, Simpson, Potts

     Getting a 2nd Chance: "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda" - Braxton

     Modernizing the Interview Process for the Preliminary Candidate - Shieck & Norton

     Who's #1? - Doty & Bennett

     Clinical Competency Committee: Merging Milestones - Shaffer, Knight & Zimmerman

ARAS Presentations, Wednesday, April 9, 2014
     SCORE Update for ARCS - Hickey

      Career Choice in Surgery: Decision Factors - Nazzal, Weis, Philip, Vasenina, Baskara, Burda, Heidt, Zelenock

      Residency - What Was, Is, and Could Be - Terhune

      Holding Them Accountable: Encouraging Professional Habits Without Hand-holding - Benge & Olson

      Communicating Professional Competence: Resumes, Interpersonal Exchanges & Public Presentations - Tarpley & Tarpley

       ABS Update - Jalbert-Gerkens

ARAS Presentations, Thursday, April 10, 2014

     Resident Attrition: Identifying Those at Risk - Burkhart, Guinto, Tholey, Eskries-Winkler, Yeo, Duckworth, Chojnacki

     Optimization of the 4th Year Surgery Clerkship at an Academic Independent Surgical Residency Program - O'Heron

     Surgical Boot Camp Effectiveness: A Resident Survey - Weiss, Philip, Baskara, Burda, Zelenock, Nazzal

     Contrasting Perspectives on Recruitment, Educational Needs & Mentorship of Preliminary R1's - Travis, Nehler, Dudley

     Chattanooga Surgery: Adversity & Change - Schultz Rudolph